Yahoo Briefcase will be closed on March 30th 2009.. for good!

I just received the following mail. I have completely forgotten about this service too. The last file I have put there was in 2004. It's good to know that Carol Bartz is doing her job.

Dear Yahoo! Briefcase user,We will be officially closing Yahoo! Briefcase on March 30, 2009.Until then, we are offering you the opportunity to download your filesback to your computer. You will need to take action before we close,after which any files remaining on Yahoo! Briefcase will be deleted andno longer accessible.

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It seems that Yahoo seems bent to refocus its energies and at least try to turn in some profit. Most Briefcase users, like this blogger (http://www.thefinestwriter.com/blog/?p=367) have forgotten they even have a briefcase account in the first place. I myself have not transferred my files because they are largely outdated. And with all the competition going on, I think Yahoo’s bowing out of the online file storage arena is a great move on its part.

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